Children's recollections of traumatic and nontraumatic events

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 699-716

  Fivush, Robyn ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPEECH;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MEMORY; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032150018     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579498001825     Document Type: Article

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